The Mid-Autumn Festival 2010 (Thu, 22 Jul 10 - Sun, 25 Jul 10)
The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the few most important holidays in the Chinese calendar, the others being Chinese New Year and Winter Solstice, and is a legal holiday in several countries. The traditional food of this festival is the mooncake, of which there are many different varieties.
There are additional cultural or regional customs, such as:
*Putting pomelo rinds on one's head
*Carrying brightly lit lanterns, lighting lanterns on towers, floating sky lanterns
*Burning incense in reverence to deities including Chang'e (Chinese: 嫦娥; pinyin: Cháng'é)
*Planting Mid-Autumn trees
*Collecting dandelion leaves and distributing them evenly among family members
*Fire Dragon Dances
Beijing events on the Moon Festival 2010: (If you are now in Beijing, you can take Beijing tours enjoy this romantic Chinese festival)
798 Art Festival 2010: The annual 798 Art Festival takes place from September 18 to October 17th this year, bringing with it the usual array of exciting exhibits, music and film events. Galleries throughout the district will be participating, showing cutting edge art from China and abroad. The main objective of the festival is to expose young artists and to provide a platform for exchange and recognition.
Other events to take place during the month long festival includes theatre and dance performances, electronic music party, live music events, outdoor film screenings and more. Check the official website for the latest news, or keep checking our event listings for updates.
Website:http://www.798art.org/
Address: 798 Art Zone, No.4 Jiuxianqiao Rd., Chaoyang District, Beijing, China.
1st Music Funhill Festival: Beijingers certainly aren’t deprived of music festivals this year. The 1st Music Funhill Festival kicks off in Beijing’s Fangshan District during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday from September 21-23. Located some 15km from the city, the festival promises to be three days and three nights of outdoor fun featuring a strong line-up of national and international bands.
At the time of writing, the line-up included English bands Mr. Hudson and Zero Seven. Major Chinese bands and musicians include Zhang Chu, Free the Birds, Xie Tianxiao, Brain Failure, Steely Heart, Wang Wen, Zhou Yunpeng and Ruins, Ma Tiao etc. The electronic stage is also a magnet for Beijing’s best DJ’s including the folks from Meiwenti Soundsystem, Sulumi, iLoop, Mickey Dee, Dead J, England’s Zero 7 & many more.
Address: Wanmu Binhe Park, Changyang County, Fangshan District, Beijing
There are some exhibitions in Shanghai on 2010 Mid-Autumn Festival, and you can take Shanghai tour package enjoy this.
A Thousand Stones – Richard Long Solo Exhibition:James Cohan Gallery Shanghai is pleased to present the first solo exhibition in China by the internationally renowned British artist Richard Long. Considered one of the most influential artists of his generation (b. 1945), Long's works have extended the possibilities of sculpture beyond traditional materials and methods. In this exhibition of new works Long will also use materials indigenous to mainland China, such as stone and clay, and will feature sculpture, fingerprinted objects, a wall work made of colored clay, photographs, and text works.
Address: 1/F Building 1, No.1 Lane 170 Yueyang Lu, Shanghai
Journey to the West – Feng Mengbo Solo Exhibition: Beijing based artist, Feng Mengbo has been working along the blurred boundary between digital gaming and contemporary art for the past two decades. His quirky digital inventions and experimental modifications of commercial video games have come to inhabit a new media space truly of its own. Feng has extensively used gaming hardware and software for both social commentary as well as the development of performance projects, and even painting.
Website:www.shanghaigalleryofart.com
Address:Shanghai Gallery of Art(Three on the Bund,3F, Three on the Bund, Zhongshan Dong Yilu, Shanghai
“Life in Cities” – Michael Wolf Solo Exhibition:The “LIFE IN CITIES” exhibition comprises four main bodies of Wolf’s most recent works: “A Series of Unfortunate Events”, “Paris Street View”, “Tokyo Compression”, and “Transparent City”.
Address:M97 Gallery,97 Moganshan Lu, Shanghai
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a family celebration and usually many outdoor activities are arranged especially for the event. On the evening of a Mid-Autumn Festival, families stay up late and get together eating moon cakes and gazing at the moon. If you want to take part, invite a few friends and check out places to celebrate the festival in the following cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Hangzhou, to celebrate the festival.
